Updated: 7:52 AM EDT May 11, 2021 The Worcester Red Sox are coming home to inaugurate their brand new ballpark in the heart of the city. Polar Park the newly completed, $118 million ballpark opens Tuesday for a 3:05 p.m. game against the Syracuse Mets. It s the start of a 12-game homestand that stretches through May 23. The WooSox originally planned to have their Polar Park debut on April 13 against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs before the Triple-A season was delayed.The Worcester Red Sox are now scheduled to play 60 games at Polar Park this season. The home of the WooSox has a 22-foot Worcester Wall, modeled after Fenway s Green Monster, but the park only has half the foul territory of Fenway bringing fans closer to the players and eliminating many rally-killing foul popups. Tickets start at $8 and $9. The new ballpark also features local foods and local beer, spacious clubhouses for the teams and even a designated changing room for the new mascot, Smiley Ball, named a
Updated: 10:28 PM EDT May 4, 2021 By Russ Reed After having their debut delayed by about a month, the Worcester Red Sox played the first game in the team s history Tuesday night.The Boston Red Sox moved their Triple-A affiliate from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, to Worcester, Massachusetts, for the 2021 season after fallout with the city of Pawtucket over a new stadium project.The WooSox were set to open their season on April 6, but the start of the Triple-A season was delayed until May 4 due to health and safety concerns.Worcester faced the Buffalo Bisons in its inaugural game and fell 6-1. The season opener for both teams was played in Trenton, New Jersey. The Bisons home ballpark is undergoing renovations to prepare the venue for major league games as their parent club, the Toronto Blue Jays will be utilizing Buffalo as its home city due to COVID-19-related travel restrictions between the United States and Canada.Tanner Houck, who has already pitched in three games
Sidelines: The Red Sox outfield of young stars, gone already
Let s remember the entire young outfield the Red Sox groomed through the minors to the World Series, that is gone too soon, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
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Mookie Betts of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates a home run against the Tampa Bay Rays during the sixth inning in Game 1 of the World Series last season.
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We’ll never dance again like we did in 2018. The three guys who taught us all the best cheesy moves Andrew Benintendi, Jackie Bradley, Jr., and Mookie Betts are all gone.
Remember when this was going to be the best outfield in baseball for a long time? Sure you do. It wasn’t that long ago. Now they are scattered across the league. Betts is in Los Angeles, where the Dodgers have no qualms about paying one of the best players in the game what one of the best players in the game makes. Benintendi was traded to Kansas City, where he’ll get the opportunity to rediscover the swing
Jackie Bradley Jr. ‘has a fan from afar’ in Boston Red Sox’s Alex Cora: ‘He did some great things while he was here’
Updated Mar 04, 2021;
Posted Mar 04, 2021
Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora, left, and center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. celebrate after their win against the Houston Astros in Game 2 of a baseball American League Championship Series on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, in Boston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP
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Jackie Bradley Jr.’s tenure with the Red Sox officially came to an end early Thursday morning when the outfielder agreed to sign with the Brewers after an eight-year stint in Boston. The move represented the departure of one of the Sox’ longest-tenured and most respected players.